The Business Today Best CFO Awards recognise the people who have perhaps the most difficult job in corporate India - heading the finance department - especially at a time when the economy is struggling. Full coverage

The 19 of India's best-performing CEOs, who through long stints shepherded a range of companies in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, banking, fast-moving consumer goods, media, automobiles, pharmaceuticals and energy.

It would not have been difficult for Chepuri Krishna, a student of IIM-Ahmedabad, to get a summer internship at any leading company. But unlike his peers, he chose to walk on a path that had never been explored before.